- Area pastors are opening a first of it’s kind home for victims of elder abuse in their neighborhood.
- Experts with the FSU College of Law say the issue is one often unreported.
- Watch the video above to hear why one woman was inspired to care for seniors.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
An area couple is working to help our elderly neighbors face a problem not often talked about.
The team at Heaven Sent Elderly Care Services are taking resources from our neighborhood across town to open a care facility for people facing elder abuse.
It’s a problem that often goes unreported in the Capitol City and nationwide.
Pastor and elder care provider Freda Harris-Barber said her grandmother is her inspiration.
“My mom was a single mother, so I spent a lot of time at her house, so I spent a lot of time with her and I just had a passion for seniors from her,” Harris-Barber said.
That’s why she opened Heaven Sent Elderly Care Services, an at-home care facility for seniors in the Big Bend.
She said there is one problem she has noticed among her patients.